View from Oban Bothy

View from Oban Bothy

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Via de la Plata, to Granja de Moreuela

After leaving the Albergue in El Cubo del Vino in the company of Frank from Frankfurt we headed north to Zamora - but not before  visiting the local bar for a quick beer and some tapas.
It was a very hot day and a hard slog into Zamora. This was once again an unremarkable journey - in stark contrast to the Cacares to Salamanca section which was very interesting indeed. 
Zamora is a fascinating city, one that really needs more than one day to explore properly.
That will have to wait for another time though. 
Frank and I shared a small room in the excellent Albergue close to the centre of town. 
The two Hospitaleras, Seranella and Maria, made all the Camino Pilgrims very welcome, feeding and watering us to within 2.54cm of our lives. 
There was no charge for this hospitality, just a request for a donation.  I hope I was generous. 
There were around 16-18 staying that night,  cyclists,  walkers and one runner who had set out from Salamanca earlier that day - a distance of 68 of yer foreign kilometers. He was only a bit tired when he got there.
The Hospitaleras had been warned he was en route and so had saved him a substantial meal - he made short work of it! 
Frank from Frankfurt headed off route today, he's fractured a bone in his r foot. The doc has advised a week off walking so he's probably going to Porto in Portugal for some R&R.

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